🌽 Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘Broad environmental adaptation is associated with root anatomical phenotypes in maize landraces: an in silico study’ in @AnnBot by Ivan Lopez-Valdivia. 🧵(1/8)
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'Growth and yield performance of drought-stressed soybean ( Glycine max L.) treated with neem-mediated silver nanoparticles' - an article in the @EDPSciences UN #SDGs #Research collection on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=be176bb6-5a57-452e-9649-a1873e0cbdcc
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<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d9219553e162">The utilization of nanotechnology in agriculture has demonstrated significant potential, particularly in enhancing crop resilience to environmental stress. This study investigated the effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in seed treatment on soybean performance under drought conditions. The study used a factorial CRD with four replicates. The experimental factors included seed treatments (control, AgNP priming, and AgNP coating) and drought stress levels represented by the field water capacity (FWC) of 80%, 60%, and 40%. The results demonstrated that seed treatment with AgNPs significantly increased plant growth in AgNP coatings based on plant height but did not significantly increase all soybean yield variables. FWC of 40-60% showed severe and moderate stress effects on soybean, which significantly decreased the leaf number but increased the leaf green index. In conclusion, AgNP seed treatment had a limited effect on soybean production but could be a potential approach to enhance drought tolerance. </p>
📘 Understanding node-specific root responses could help develop maize varieties with better water uptake in tough environments. (8/8)
👉 https://doi.org/pp4c
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🌿Check the newly published article ‘Node of origin matters: comparative analysis of soil water limitation effects on nodal root anatomy in maize (Zea mays L.)’ in @AnnBot by Tina Koehler and co-authors 🧵(1/8)
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Roots aren't just passive anchors—they actively sense and adapt to their soil environment. Discover how this breakthrough could transform agriculture. #PlantScience #CropResilience #ClimateAdaptation
https://geekoo.news/root-intelligence-how-plants-sense-and-adapt-to-soil/
Biologists discover a previously unknown salt tolerance mechanism in plants
Researchers have uncovered a novel salt tolerance mechanism in plants. They discovered that the chloride channel protein AtCLCf moves to the plasma membrane to remove excess chloride ions under salt stress, enhancing salinity tolerance. This finding could help improve crop resilience to soil salinity .
https://globalplantcouncil.org/biologists-discover-a-previously-unknown-salt-tolerance-mechanism-in-plants/ #PlantScience #Plants #Science #agriculture #crop #soil #SoilSalinity #CropResilience
Researchers have uncovered a novel salt tolerance mechanism in plants. They discovered that the chloride channel protein AtCLCf moves to the plasma membrane to remove excess chloride ions under salt stress, enhancing salinity tolerance. This finding could help improve crop resilience to soil salinity.
Annals of Botany
The-14
ScienceOpen
Geekoo
The Global Plant Council
Computomics